'Twas the night before chemo and.......

   Tomorrow I will have another chemo treatment.   As a matter of fact, I have "learned" after all this time that waiting 3 weeks for a treatment makes me forget how badly I will feel tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday. For some reason, Tuesday isn't too bad(?).   By Friday I start to lose the nausea and maybe get diarrhea if I am really "lucky", that is if I didn't get it on Wednesday or Thursday.  The interesting thing about diarrhea is that you really have to watch how much you eat at one time and what you eat.  Then, if you do get it furiously, you just take 2 imodium tablets and that will stop you up for a few days, so no more diarrhea.  
    Another thing about chemo tomorrow is that it will be just 7 days before Christmas Eve and I will just see if I am up to singing "O Holy Night" at our Christmas Eve service which is at 5 PM.   Hm!
    So, the report this past week after the CT scan is:

"LIVER:  The liver is normal in size.  There is no suspicious focal liver lesion.  Mild hepatic steatosis."
"SPLEEN:  Prominent spleen, similar to prior.  Multiple splenic venous collaterals are again noted."
"PANCREAS:  the pancreas is overall unremarkable.  Decreased size and conspicuity of hypodensity and creatinine lesion noted to the left of the portal confluence on the prior study, measuring 13 x 12 mm [on axial image 21] (previously 19  x 16 mm)  No new suspicious focal lesions identified.  Atrophic changes involving the pancreatic body and tail."

   I am assuming that is a good report given I haven't really looked up all those words or received an explanation yet from my oncologist:)  So praise the Lord for His bountiful blessings on keeping me going for a while longer here in earth.
   And, Feb.6, we will leave for a few weeks in Colombia, visiting Agustin's family and enjoying some beautiful Colombian warm weather.  We will be back in time for another chemo treatment by February 26!
    Another Christmas, New Year's Eve and Colombian trip to look forward to with lots of prayer!